Author: Richard Sotelo Berlanga
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781432782733
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
My name is Richard Sotelo Berlanga, I was born in King City, California in 1946. At the age of 30, I was second in command of one of California's largest crime families. The Sotelo/Berlanga crime family controlled over 70 % of all the heroin and cocaine that was being distributed in Northern California and Nevada. My first cousin, Simon C Sotelo was the head of the family. He grew so fast in such a short time that he had to hire family members to help in the distributing of these illegal drugs. At the age of 33 I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and left the family business. Eight months after receiving Christ as my Savior He gave me a vision of a Catastrophe that is about to come upon the Whole World. In this book I tell how I went from a Mafia Boss to a follower of Jesus Christ and the vision He gave me to share with all the believers. THIS IS MY STORY!
To God from the Mafia
Author: Richard Sotelo Berlanga
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781432782733
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
My name is Richard Sotelo Berlanga, I was born in King City, California in 1946. At the age of 30, I was second in command of one of California's largest crime families. The Sotelo/Berlanga crime family controlled over 70 % of all the heroin and cocaine that was being distributed in Northern California and Nevada. My first cousin, Simon C Sotelo was the head of the family. He grew so fast in such a short time that he had to hire family members to help in the distributing of these illegal drugs. At the age of 33 I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and left the family business. Eight months after receiving Christ as my Savior He gave me a vision of a Catastrophe that is about to come upon the Whole World. In this book I tell how I went from a Mafia Boss to a follower of Jesus Christ and the vision He gave me to share with all the believers. THIS IS MY STORY!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781432782733
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
My name is Richard Sotelo Berlanga, I was born in King City, California in 1946. At the age of 30, I was second in command of one of California's largest crime families. The Sotelo/Berlanga crime family controlled over 70 % of all the heroin and cocaine that was being distributed in Northern California and Nevada. My first cousin, Simon C Sotelo was the head of the family. He grew so fast in such a short time that he had to hire family members to help in the distributing of these illegal drugs. At the age of 33 I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and left the family business. Eight months after receiving Christ as my Savior He gave me a vision of a Catastrophe that is about to come upon the Whole World. In this book I tell how I went from a Mafia Boss to a follower of Jesus Christ and the vision He gave me to share with all the believers. THIS IS MY STORY!
God's Mafia
Author: Alfred Fortino
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780759609143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780759609143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Cornbread Mafia
Author: James Higdon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493038508
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
In the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times. In doing so, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associates as the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history, also known as the Cornbread Mafia. Author James Higdon—whose relationship with Johnny Boone, currently a federal fugitive, made him the first journalist subpoenaed under the Obama administration—takes readers back to the 1970s and ’80s and the clash between federal and local law enforcement and a band of Kentucky farmers with moonshine and pride in their bloodlines. By 1989 the task force assigned to take down men like Johnny Boone had arrested sixty-nine men and one woman from busts on twenty-nine farms in ten states, and seized two hundred tons of pot. Of the seventy individuals arrested, zero talked. How it all went down is a tale of Mafia-style storylines emanating from the Bluegrass State, and populated by Vietnam veterans and weed-loving characters caught up in Tarantino-level violence and heart-breaking altruism. Accompanied by a soundtrack of rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues, this work of dogged investigative journalism and history is told by Higdon in action-packed, colorful and riveting detail.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493038508
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
In the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times. In doing so, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associates as the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history, also known as the Cornbread Mafia. Author James Higdon—whose relationship with Johnny Boone, currently a federal fugitive, made him the first journalist subpoenaed under the Obama administration—takes readers back to the 1970s and ’80s and the clash between federal and local law enforcement and a band of Kentucky farmers with moonshine and pride in their bloodlines. By 1989 the task force assigned to take down men like Johnny Boone had arrested sixty-nine men and one woman from busts on twenty-nine farms in ten states, and seized two hundred tons of pot. Of the seventy individuals arrested, zero talked. How it all went down is a tale of Mafia-style storylines emanating from the Bluegrass State, and populated by Vietnam veterans and weed-loving characters caught up in Tarantino-level violence and heart-breaking altruism. Accompanied by a soundtrack of rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues, this work of dogged investigative journalism and history is told by Higdon in action-packed, colorful and riveting detail.
To the Mafia with Love
Author: Marta Estrada
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883928049
Category : Christian converts
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book contains the remarkable story of one woman's call to reach the Colombian Mafia for Christ. From the opening chapter to the sobering conclusion, Estrada points to the reality of God's love for hardened drug traffickers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883928049
Category : Christian converts
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book contains the remarkable story of one woman's call to reach the Colombian Mafia for Christ. From the opening chapter to the sobering conclusion, Estrada points to the reality of God's love for hardened drug traffickers.
Mafia
Author: A.G.D. Maran
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1780572360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The pre-dawn arrests of the last remaining mafiosi in December 2008 signalled the end of the Sicilian Mafia as we know it. In Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart, A.G.D. Maran charts the complete history of the world's most infamous criminal organisation, from its first incarnation as an alternative form of local government in the Sicilian countryside and arguable force for 'good' to the more familiar form that has been immortalised in films such as The Godfather, and its final defeat after a long-awaited change of attitude by the Italian government. The author has used his many Italian contacts and a decade of exhaustive research to bring to life the story of the Sicilian Mafia while also exploring the links to the Cosa Nostra in America. Along the way, he asks many provocative questions, including: Why was Lucky Luciano, the father of modern organised crime, freed from a life sentence in America and deported to Italy, allowing him to organise the international drug trade? Was the Mafia involved in the death of Pope John Paul I? Why did the Mafia murder Roberto Calvi, known as God's Banker? What is the relationship between the Mafia and Freemasonry? Why did successive Italian governments fail to tackle the Mafia? Why did it take 40 years to find the Last Godfathers? These and many other riveting issues are covered in Maran's refreshing new take on a perennially enthralling subject.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1780572360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The pre-dawn arrests of the last remaining mafiosi in December 2008 signalled the end of the Sicilian Mafia as we know it. In Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart, A.G.D. Maran charts the complete history of the world's most infamous criminal organisation, from its first incarnation as an alternative form of local government in the Sicilian countryside and arguable force for 'good' to the more familiar form that has been immortalised in films such as The Godfather, and its final defeat after a long-awaited change of attitude by the Italian government. The author has used his many Italian contacts and a decade of exhaustive research to bring to life the story of the Sicilian Mafia while also exploring the links to the Cosa Nostra in America. Along the way, he asks many provocative questions, including: Why was Lucky Luciano, the father of modern organised crime, freed from a life sentence in America and deported to Italy, allowing him to organise the international drug trade? Was the Mafia involved in the death of Pope John Paul I? Why did the Mafia murder Roberto Calvi, known as God's Banker? What is the relationship between the Mafia and Freemasonry? Why did successive Italian governments fail to tackle the Mafia? Why did it take 40 years to find the Last Godfathers? These and many other riveting issues are covered in Maran's refreshing new take on a perennially enthralling subject.
Priest to Mafia Don
Author: Patrick Bascio
Publisher: Branden Books
ISBN: 0828321574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The book centres on the spiritual and social dynamics of a priest whose uncle is the Don of the most powerful Mafia family in America. Father Don Carlos Albanese discovers the truism of the saying, 'blood is thicker than water', as he becomes an integral part of the Family. His hope is to assist in transforming the Family into a legitimate organisation, as it originally was in Sicily, wherein the Mafia sustained the Sicilians against foreign invaders and assisted the poor in time of need. In America, however, Don Albanese's quest proves to be challenging.
Publisher: Branden Books
ISBN: 0828321574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The book centres on the spiritual and social dynamics of a priest whose uncle is the Don of the most powerful Mafia family in America. Father Don Carlos Albanese discovers the truism of the saying, 'blood is thicker than water', as he becomes an integral part of the Family. His hope is to assist in transforming the Family into a legitimate organisation, as it originally was in Sicily, wherein the Mafia sustained the Sicilians against foreign invaders and assisted the poor in time of need. In America, however, Don Albanese's quest proves to be challenging.
American Mafia
Author: Thomas Reppetto
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250125596
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
"Reppetto's book earns its place among the best . . . he brings fresh context to a familiar story worth retelling." —The New York Times Book Review Organized crime—the Italian American kind—has long been a source of popular entertainment and legend. Now Thomas Reppetto provides a balanced history of the Mafia's rise—from the 1880s to the post-WWII era—that is as exciting and readable as it is authoritative. Structuring his narrative around a series of case histories featuring such infamous characters as Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, Reppetto draws on a lifetime of field experience and access to unseen documents to show us a locally grown Mafia. It wasn't until the 1920s, thanks to Prohibition, that the Mafia assumed what we now consider its defining characteristics, especially its octopuslike tendency to infiltrate industry and government. At mid-century the Kefauver Commission declared the Mafia synonymous with Union Siciliana; in the 1960s the FBI finally admitted the Mafia's existence under the name La Cosa Nostra. American Mafia is a fascinating look at America's most compelling criminal subculture from an author who is intimately acquainted with both sides of the street.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250125596
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
"Reppetto's book earns its place among the best . . . he brings fresh context to a familiar story worth retelling." —The New York Times Book Review Organized crime—the Italian American kind—has long been a source of popular entertainment and legend. Now Thomas Reppetto provides a balanced history of the Mafia's rise—from the 1880s to the post-WWII era—that is as exciting and readable as it is authoritative. Structuring his narrative around a series of case histories featuring such infamous characters as Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, Reppetto draws on a lifetime of field experience and access to unseen documents to show us a locally grown Mafia. It wasn't until the 1920s, thanks to Prohibition, that the Mafia assumed what we now consider its defining characteristics, especially its octopuslike tendency to infiltrate industry and government. At mid-century the Kefauver Commission declared the Mafia synonymous with Union Siciliana; in the 1960s the FBI finally admitted the Mafia's existence under the name La Cosa Nostra. American Mafia is a fascinating look at America's most compelling criminal subculture from an author who is intimately acquainted with both sides of the street.
Forgetta 'Bout It
Author: Rocco Morelli
Publisher: Bridge-Logos
ISBN: 9780882703237
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"At the age of 15, Rocco Morelli was already on his way up the ladder of life in the big time. A hometown Mafia "prince" with family roots that sink deep into organized crime, Morelli was cursed to repeat the sins of his fathers until his life=changing encounter with the only man who can stand up to him: Jesus Christ." (back cover).
Publisher: Bridge-Logos
ISBN: 9780882703237
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"At the age of 15, Rocco Morelli was already on his way up the ladder of life in the big time. A hometown Mafia "prince" with family roots that sink deep into organized crime, Morelli was cursed to repeat the sins of his fathers until his life=changing encounter with the only man who can stand up to him: Jesus Christ." (back cover).
From the Godfather to God the Father: The Michael Francise Story
Author: Michael Francise
Publisher: Outreach, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781942027102
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Michael Franzese grew up as the son of the notorious Underboss of New Yorks violent and feared Colombo crime family. Intelligent, handsome and ambitious, he quickly rose within the ranks of organized crime. Franzese at his most affluent generated an estimated $5 to $8 million per week from legal and illegal businesses. Fourteen law enforcement agencies poured money into a taskforce with a sole objectivebring down the sophisticated young mobster. It was a life filled with power, luxury and deadly violence. Then an innocent young woman walked into Michaels life. Her exotic beauty captivated him. Her faith in God brought him home. Come along on Michaels journeyfrom the mob, to prison, to a brave new life. Its a story that will inspire you and give you hope. Its a story with a powerful lesson: No one is so bad that they cant be forgivenlife can begin again.
Publisher: Outreach, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781942027102
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Michael Franzese grew up as the son of the notorious Underboss of New Yorks violent and feared Colombo crime family. Intelligent, handsome and ambitious, he quickly rose within the ranks of organized crime. Franzese at his most affluent generated an estimated $5 to $8 million per week from legal and illegal businesses. Fourteen law enforcement agencies poured money into a taskforce with a sole objectivebring down the sophisticated young mobster. It was a life filled with power, luxury and deadly violence. Then an innocent young woman walked into Michaels life. Her exotic beauty captivated him. Her faith in God brought him home. Come along on Michaels journeyfrom the mob, to prison, to a brave new life. Its a story that will inspire you and give you hope. Its a story with a powerful lesson: No one is so bad that they cant be forgivenlife can begin again.
Blood Covenant
Author: Michael Franzese
Publisher: Whitaker Distribution
ISBN: 9780883688670
Category : Converts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Their lives. Book jacket.
Publisher: Whitaker Distribution
ISBN: 9780883688670
Category : Converts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Their lives. Book jacket.